Chapter 212: Dortmund's rhythm
Kreuzer's goal put Dortmund's plans for an equaliser before half-time completely ruined. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Many people are not even thinking about the equaliser in the first half, but about whether Dortmund can win this game.
At the end of the first half, Marcel Leif said: "Dortmund were once again cornered, having fallen behind by two goals in the first half...... This is the first time Dortmund has been in a desperate situation?"
He couldn't help but complain about Dortmund's poor defense.
"If the defensive problem is not solved, Dortmund will always face such a dilemma, even a desperate situation......"
'Borussia Mönchengladbach had the absolute initiative, they just had to defend in the second half and then play counter-attack, and for 45 minutes they had a ball of leeway, which meant they were allowed to concede a goal in the second half, but Borussia Dortmund had very, very little room to manoeuvre......
Everyone was worried about Dortmund's prospects in the second half.
In the Dortmund dressing room, the Dortmund players also showed such worries, and the mood was not very high.
Jurgen Klopp was encouraging them.
"I think you should get used to this kind of game that always wants to be on a rollercoaster......" Klopp said straight to the point, and with a smile, showing that he didn't take conceding two goals in a row seriously.
But it wasn't like that, and when the team conceded the second goal, he started roaring on the sidelines.
But now, in order to comfort the players, of course, he has to pretend that he doesn't care.
"Think about the last game we played against Zenit St. Petersburg, in the course of the game we conceded two goals, but we chased them back. So I think we should have a lot of experience in conceding goals in a game. Yes, we've had some problems defensively this season and I'm not going to pretend I can't see it. But this problem is not easy to solve. At the moment, it's not easy to make our defence solid. But we have another solution. We have a strong offensive firepower to be proud of!" Klopp said in a deep but powerful voice, giving a sense of calm and security.
And in the end, when he spoke of the powerful offensive firepower, his voice was raised, and the mood was uplifted.
This is actually a kind of rhetoric, through speech to achieve the effect he wants. A good manager, but also a good speaker, has to be able to use words to get the players emotional.
"It's very easy to win the game, remember that no matter how many goals the opponent scores, we just need to score more goals than the opponent!"
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At the start of the second half, neither side made any personnel changes.
This came as a surprise to many people - it's normal for Borussia Mönchengladbach, who are two goals ahead, not to make any changes, and if they play well, there is really no need to make substitutions.
But Dortmund, who was two goals behind, didn't even say anything, which made everyone puzzled. At this point, if Klopp still wants to win the game, he should make adjustments sooner rather than later.
Why aren't there any personnel changes?
Later, some people speculated: The reason for not changing is because there is no one to change, right? Looking at the bench, there are indeed few people who can be replaced, Mkhitaryan has the strength, but he is Zhou Yi's substitute, do you want to replace Zhou Yi? Klopp must not want to change, but there is not much room for choice, right?
Thinking about it like this, I feel even more pitiful for Dortmund......
But not long after the start of the second half, the situation was different from what everyone imagined - Dortmund, who had not made substitutions and adjustments, took the initiative to attack as soon as they came up, and they played very fiercely, so fierce that Borussia Mönchengladbach couldn't even pass half time for a while, and was completely suppressed.
Borussia Mönchengladbach, on the other hand, seem to be a little unprepared for Borussia Dortmund's rapid attack, and it is unclear how their manager Favre has adjusted......
In the fiftieth minute, Zhou Yi made a long-range shot at the edge of the penalty area, which was directly confiscated by Ter Stegen. Three minutes later, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's cross from the right was met by an unmarked Reuss header just over the line......
During this time, Dortmund's offensive was fierce, which made the Dortmund fans in the stands happy, and the cheers were wave after wave, wave after wave.
But as an offensive organizer, Zhou Yi is not optimistic.
He knew that such a fierce attack could not last 45 minutes, and that sooner or later Borussia Mönchengladbach would come to his senses and be ready. If you want them to be unprepared, you have to score as soon as possible and create tension.
If you just attack fiercely but don't score goals, it's all ineffective attack.
So it's still about turning the offensive into a goal.
Zhou Yi is constantly creating chances for his teammates, but he doesn't mind trying to score himself if the opportunity is right.
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In the 65th minute, Dortmund again made successive passes in front of Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal to create chances.
Zhou Yi distributed the football in the middle to Yan Min, who switched to the right side.
He then did not stay outside the box, but slowly moved towards the goal, at first towards the goal, but when he saw that Mark was also in the middle, he changed his mind and it was useless to go up on his own, it would only make the place more crowded.
And now because of the running of Mark and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, it has become a place for Borussia Mönchengladbach's defenders to pay attention to, and ......
Zhou Yi turned his head and saw the back point.
The back point is instead a vacancy.
So Zhou Yi immediately changed direction. But he didn't just run to the back, he was just pacing, while observing the situation on Yan Min's side.
He looked at Yan Min and crossed with his feet.
After seeing Yan Min's pass, Zhou Yi quickly judged the landing point of the football, which was definitely not at the front point, because the power was great!
So he immediately accelerated the start, went around in a circle, and ran to the back point!
In this process, the football passed by Yan Min passed over the top of their heads at the front point mark and flew directly to the back point!
Zhou Yi jumped up and shook his head at the football!
"Zhou Yi-!"
In Marcel Leif's long-pitched roar, Ter Stegen turned back from the front post and swooped into the air.
Ter Stegen's reaction was the fastest in the Borussia Mönchengladbach team, and the other Mönchengladbach players could only turn their heads at this time, and then stared blankly at Zhou Yi jumping in the air.
But the little lion king was still a little late......
Before he pounced, Zhou Yi had already pushed the football from Yan Min into the goal accurately!
"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi !! a good goal! He pulled a goal back for Dortmund!1:2! Dortmund is now only one goal behind!" Duan Xin roared excitedly.
The entire West** Stadium burned up the moment Zhou Yi put the football into the goal.
Everyone jumped from their seats, then raised their arms and shouted.
Although they were still behind, not long after the start of the second half, Zhou Yi's goal still gave them hope.
After the goal, Zhou Yi did not celebrate much, and after landing, he rushed directly into the goal, fished out the football he had pushed into, wrapped it in his arms, and turned around to run to the middle circle.
Then in the process, he waved his fist, which was considered a celebration.
He didn't have time to celebrate, and he was still a goal behind......
Other Dortmund players who wanted to come up to him to celebrate, seeing him like this, did not come up to celebrate, but ran back to the half court with Zhou Yi.
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Dortmund did not slow down after Zhou Yi's goal, they still maintained a very fast pace to constantly attack Borussia Mönchengladbach's defence.
The whole Dortmund team was boosted by Zhou Yi's goal.
Originally, Borussia Mönchengladbach was going to go back.
But as soon as they had this idea, they were beaten back by Dortmund's fierce attack.
Dortmund, who had just scored, was full of morale and had a feeling of "a tiger with a thousand miles of air".
Borussia Mönchengladbach didn't dare to think about scoring another goal, and they had to make sure they didn't concede a goal in the first place......
Not long after Zhou Yi just scored, Dortmund launched an attack, Zhou Yi passed the football to Reuss after a false shot, Reuss crossed, Mark received Reus's pass in the penalty area, and shot into the far corner fifteen meters from the goal!
This time Ter Stegen made a brilliant save and flew to shoot the ball out!
"Marc Ter Stegen! "Despite conceding a goal, Ter Stegen doesn't seem to be affected! Dortmund's attack is still fast!
The stadium was full of people, and the air seemed to be really hot......